Ore intelligence sorting apparatus and method based on x-rays discernment

ABSTRACT

The ore intelligence sorting apparatus and method based on X-rays discernment includes a feeding unit with a toothed classifier, an X ray excitation unit with filter, a characteristic spectrum receiving unit with filter, a computer analysis and control unit with a central control unit, a spectral acquisition system, an industrial computer and an instruction output system, and a separator unit with a cylinder and a wear-resistant kick plate. The feeding unit is fed by a vibrating feeder and grading materials by a toothed classifier, and the measured ore is stimulated by the X ray excitation unit to produce a characteristic x ray spectra. The characteristic spectrum receiving unit receives the characteristic x ray spectrum which is then analyzed by the computer analysis and control unit, and a sorting instruction is output based on the analysis results. The invention is used for sorting magnetic or non-magnetic ores in a concentrator.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The invention belongs to the technical field of ore magnetic separationand specifically relates to an ore intelligence sorting apparatus andmethod based on X-rays discernment, which is a novel intelligent oresorting equipment and is suitable for the determination and thesimultaneous sorting of a plurality of useful components in ores.

2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98

In the field of mineral sorting, because of the relatively largereserves of iron ore, coal mine and other minerals, it has been widelyused in daily production and life, and it has made great progress inmineral sorting technology and mineral sorting equipment. Especially foriron ore, the domestic iron ore mineral processing and equipment havereached a very high standard because of the domestic ore characteristicsof more poverty and less wealth, even in the world in a leadingposition. For rare heavy metals, precious metals, non-metallic mineralswhose content being more rare and the distribution being more dispersed,there is no relatively uniform, flexible sorting device for sorting ore.

For an ore containing such valuable elements as copper, gold, silver,molybdenum, nickel, tungsten, lead, zinc, and vanadium, because of itsrelatively low content in the ore, It will greatly consume manpower,material and financial resources if the ore is directly feed into thecrushing grinding stage. Therefore, the ore needs to be preselected. Atpresent, for mineral species being not be sorted by magnetic separation,manual selection is the preferred mode of selection, but there are highseparation costs, low efficiency, poor accuracy and so on in manualselection.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the above problems, after the present inventor designand research, an ore intelligence sorting apparatus and method based onX-rays discernment is proposed. The technology based on X-rays is usedto identify useful elements and their content in ore and is used to sortore with different content of elements by a sorting unit and can detectand sort ore with multiple elements in a single device.

In accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, an oreintelligence sorting apparatus based on X-rays discernment is proposedwhich includes a feeding unit 1 with a toothed classifier 16, and a Xray excitation unit 5 with a filter 21, and a characteristic spectrumreceiving unit 4 with a filter 19, and a computer analysis and controlunit 6 with a central control unit 26, a spectral acquisition system 23,an industrial computer 24 and an instruction output system 25, and aseparator unit 3 with a cylinder 10 and wear-resistant kick plate 9; thefeeding unit is fed by a vibrating feeder, and materials is graded bymeans of a toothed classifier, and the measured ore is stimulated by theX ray excitation unit to produce a characteristic x ray spectra, and thecharacteristic spectrum receiving unit receives characteristic x rayspectrum which is then analyzed by the computer analysis and controlunit, and a sorting instructions is output based on the analysis resultsto use for sorting magnetic or non-magnetic ores in a concentrator.

Preferably, the feeding unit 1 is composed of a feed box 13, a vibratingmotor 14, a vibrating platform 17, a fine material passage 12, a finematerial groove 15, a chute motor 18 and a chute 11; and the tooth ofthe toothed classifier 16 is cylindrical and the end of tooth isprocessed into a cone, and are disposed at the outlet of the vibratingplatform 17 and disposed side by side in the direction of dischargingmaterial; the cone end of the tooth of the toothed classifier 16 ispositioned at the outlet end in the direction of discharging material.The chute 11 is located at the cone end of the tooth of the toothedclassifier 16, and an even number chute motor 18 is symmetricallyarranged with a chute 11 as the center; and the chute 11 is of U shape,and the distributed material groove can be arranged as needed on thegroove surface in the U groove of the chute.

Preferably, the computer analysis control unit 6, the X ray excitationunit 5 and the characteristic spectrum receiving unit 4 are encapsulatedin the package case 2; the package case 2 is made of material that canshield X rays. The package case 2 is arranged directly below at thefront of the chute 11 and the vertical distance (A dimension) is between50 mm-230 mm; the horizontal distance (B dimension) from the front edgeof the packing case 2 to the exit of the chute 11 is 0 mm-100 mm; theclockwise angle (6 angle) of the package case 2 and the horizontal planeis 0-600.

Further, the central control unit 26 is placed outside the device totransmit signals with the industrial computer 24 in the device via acable or a wireless connection; one central control unit 26 can beconnected with a plurality of industrial control computers 24simultaneously. A wear-resistant kick plate 9 of the sorting unit 3 isarranged on a supporting rod extending out of the cylinder 10, and thewear-resistant kicking plate 9 is made of wear-resistant material or thewear-resistant kicking plate 9 is provided with wear-resistant materialto increase the abrasion resistance.

Preferably, the X ray excitation unit 5 mainly comprises a X ray tube22, a filter 21, a high-voltage power supply and a constant temperatureand humidity device; X ray emitted by the X ray excitation unit 5 can bea point light source to send a circular irradiation region to thematerial, or send a transverse linear irradiation region; the filter 21in the X ray excitation unit 5 is positioned between the ore to bemeasured and the X ray tube 22. The characteristic spectrum receivingunit 4 is composed of a characteristic spectrum receiving sensor 20 anda filter 19, and the filter 19 is between the ore and the characteristicspectrum receiving sensor 20.

In accordance with the second aspect of the present invention, a sortingmethod using ore intelligence sorting apparatus based on X-raysdiscernment is proposed which include the following steps:

Step 1, the operator set the corresponding sorting parameters on thebasis of the local environmental characteristics, the elementsdistribution characteristics of an ore to be sorted in the centralcontrol unit 26 in a central control room 26, and the parameters aretransmitted to the industrial computer 24 by wire or wireless;

Step 2, after the industrial computer 24 receives the sorting parameterset by the central control unit 26, the X ray excitation unit 5 and thecharacteristic spectrum receiving unit 4 and the feeding unit 1 areopened, and the sorting equipment begin to work;

Step 3, when the ore to be sorted and supplied through the feeding unit1 falls into the radiation range of the X ray excitation unit 5, the oreis excited by the X ray excitation unit 5 to produce a characteristicspectrum;

Step 4, a characteristic spectral receiving unit 4 receives acharacteristic spectra generated by the ore and inputs thecharacteristic spectrum to the spectral acquisition system 23;

Step 5, the characteristic spectrum is transmitted to the industrialcomputer 24 after being processed by the spectral acquisition system 23again, and the industrial computer 24 compares the spectral signals withthe sorting parameters transmitted by the central control unit 26 inStep 1, and finally obtains the sorting instructions, and the sortinginstruction is output to the sorting unit 3 through the instructionoutput system 25;

Step 6, the sorting unit 3 executes the sorting instruction afterreceiving the sorting instruction, and finally completes one sorting;

Step 7, cycling Step 3 to Step 6.

The invention relates to ore intelligence sorting apparatus and methodbased on X-rays discernment, and it has the advantages of simplestructure and reasonable design, and fills the blank of such oresorting, and is worth popularizing and applying widely. And using oreintelligence sorting apparatus and method, only a single set ofequipment can used instead of hand sorting to select target metals,non-metallic minerals, and other rare minerals, then the ore ispreselected which isn't preselected in the magnetic separation, and alarge number of low-grade or unqualified waste is discarded ahead oftime to reduce processing costs, improve processing efficiency andstability of the subsequent ore separation grade.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a diagram of an intelligent ore sortingdevice based on X ray identification in accordance with the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a diagram of the package structure of anintelligent ore sorting equipment based on X ray identification.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first structure schematic diagram 1 ofthe feeding unit of an intelligent ore sorting equipment based on X rayidentification.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a second structure schematic diagram 2 ofthe feeding unit of an intelligent ore sorting equipment based on X rayidentification.

FIG. 5 is a structural schematic view of a diagram of the characteristicspectrum receiving unit of an intelligent ore sorting equipment based onX ray identification.

FIG. 6 is a structural schematic view of a diagram of the X rayexcitation unit of an intelligent ore sorting equipment based on X rayidentification.

FIG. 7 is a structural schematic view of a diagram of the computeranalysis control unit of an intelligent ore sorting equipment based on Xray identification.

FIG. 8 is a structural schematic view of a diagram of the sorting unitof an intelligent ore sorting equipment based on X ray identification.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The technical solution in embodiments of the present invention isclearly and completely described below with reference to drawings in theembodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the describedembodiments are only a portion of embodiments in the present inventionbut not all the embodiments of the present invention. Based on theembodiments in the present invention, an ordinary person skilled in theart can obtain all other embodiments without involving any inventiveeffort, which all shall fall within the protective scope of the presentinvention. Besides, the protective scope of the present invention shouldnot be regarded as limit in the following specific structures orspecific parameters.

The intelligent ore sorting device and method based on X rayidentification in this invention, which is a X ray ore preselectionmachine that uses X ray fluorescence or diffraction principle todistinguish useful components and their contents; a device for detectingand sorting a plurality of elements on a single device is provided,which mainly includes a feeding unit, a X ray excitation unit, acharacteristic spectrum receiving unit, a computer analysis and controlunit and a sorting unit, and the units are interrelated and form aunified whole. The feeding unit is fed by a vibrating feeder, and thematerial is graded through a toothed classifier; the X ray excitationunit provides the X ray excitation source to the system through the Xray tube, and the X ray is selected suitable for energy through thefilter; the characteristic spectrum receiving unit receives thecharacteristic spectrum through the characteristic spectrum receivingsensor; the computer control unit collects the characteristic spectrumthrough the spectral acquisition system, and the spectral signals areanalyzed by an industrial computer, the sorting instruction is output bycommand output system; and using a wear-resistant kick plate, anelectromagnetic push rod or a nozzle to sort ore in the sorting unit;the workflow is as follows: the feeding unit provides material for thesorting machine, and X ray excitation unit encourages the ore to bemeasured to produce characteristic x ray spectrum, and thecharacteristic spectral receiving unit then receives a characteristic xray spectrum, and the computer analysis and control unit analyzes thespectrum and output the sorting instructions based on the analysisresults. Finally, the sorting instruction is executed by the sortingunit. The invention can be used for sorting magnetic or non-magnetic orein a concentrator, and has the advantages of high product range, highrecovery rate, large amount of treatment, low water consumption and highautomation degree.

In the present invention, the X ray is a kind of electromagnetic wavewith extremely short wavelength and large energy, which has strongfluorescence effect and diffraction effect in crystal. The orerecognition principle used in the invention is as follows: thefluorescence action or diffraction action of X ray is used to identifydifferent substances, and X ray is used to determine the content ofuseful elements in Ores during ore preselection stage.

In the present invention, a X ray ore preselected machine is providedthat uses X ray fluorescence to identify useful components and theircontents. The equipment of the invention mainly comprises includes afeeding unit 1 with a toothed classifier 16, and a X ray excitation unit5 with a filter 21, and a characteristic spectrum receiving unit 4 witha filter 19, and a computer analysis and control unit 6 with a centralcontrol unit 26, a spectral acquisition system 23, an industrialcomputer 24 and an instruction output system 25, and a separator unit 3with a cylinder 10 and wear-resistant kick plate 9; the feeding unit isfed by a vibrating feeder, and materials is graded by means of a toothedclassifier, and the measured ore is stimulated by the X ray excitationunit to produce a characteristic x ray spectra, and the characteristicspectrum receiving unit receives characteristic x ray spectrum which isthen analyzed by the computer analysis and control unit, and a sortinginstructions is output based on the analysis results to use for sortingmagnetic or non-magnetic ores in a concentrator.

The feeding unit is composed of a feed box, a vibrating motor, avibrating platform, a toothed classifier, a fine material passage, afine material groove, a chute motor and a chute, so as to provide astable feeding state for the equipment. The X ray excitation unitconsists of a X ray source, a high voltage power supply, a filter, and aconstant temperature and humidity apparatus, so as to emit stimulated Xrays to the ore to be measured; and the characteristic spectrumreceiving unit is composed of a characteristic spectrum receiving sensorand a filter, which is used for receiving the characteristic spectrumreleased by the stimulated X ray of the ore to be measured; the computeranalysis and control unit is composed of an industrial computer, acentral control unit, a spectrum acquisition system and an instructionoutput system. It is used to analyze the spectrum received by thesensor, and then output the sorting instructions to the sorting unit.The sorting unit is mainly composed of a cylinder, a wear-resistant kickplate and a fine tailings distributor, so as to perform the sortinginstructions produced by the computer analysis and control unit, andthen sort the ore to be measured.

Further, the feeding bin of the feeding unit is a trapezoidal bucketwhich is of big top and small bottom, and a counterweight door isinstalled at one side of the lower part of feeding bin, and thecounterweight is regulated by a thread. The feeding bin is positioned atthe top of the electromagnetic vibration feeder and the electromagneticvibration feeder is connected with the chute. The trough of the chute isa U chute, which ensures that the ore is capable of forming a row of orestreams that are fed into the sensor section of the characteristicspectral receiving unit. There is spacing strip-shaped projectionbetween the inner walls of the chute. According to the processingcapacity, the number of chute can be more than 1. The chute has acertain angle with the horizontal direction, and the angle isadjustable. The spring support is arranged between the chute and theframe body. The discharge port of the chute is located on the upper sideof the characteristic spectrum receiving unit, and the ore can passthrough the sensor of the characteristic spectrum receiving unit justafter falling from the chute.

The characteristic spectrum receiving unit is positioned at the lowerpart of the chute of the feeding unit and is composed of acharacteristic spectrum receiving sensor and a filter, wherein thefilter is covered on the sensor window. The characteristic spectrumreceiving sensor can discriminate a plurality of elements, and theinvention can classify a plurality of elements by setting parameters,and the sorting accuracy is high and the efficiency is high. Inaddition, the characteristic spectral receiving unit can distinguish theores by X ray fluorescence or X ray diffraction and the like, and thetwo identification methods correspond to the characteristic spectralreceiving units.

The X ray excitation unit is positioned below the characteristicspectrum receiving unit, and is arranged in the same box body with thecomputer analysis and control unit, and the box body is supported on thebracket by the spring, and in the X ray excitation unit, X rays is firstemitted by a X ray tube, and then the filter selects the appropriateenergy or wavelength of the X ray to stimulate the ore to be selectedaccording to the characteristics of the ore element to be selected.

The sorting unit is located at the lower part of the box bracket, andmainly composed of a cylinder, an wear-resistant kick plate, aconcentrate and tailings separating tank. The sorting instructions ofthe calculation and analysis separate a mineral with a high content ofuseful elements and waste rock in the ore by the action of the sortingmechanism. The fine tailing chute is composed of a concentrate receivingtank and a waste rock receiving tank to use for receiving concentratesand waste rock after sorting of raw ore. Wherein the concentratereceiving tank is positioned on the side of the ore containing theelement, and whose ore fall through the sorting mechanism and isseparated into two falling paths. The waste rock receiving tank ispositioned below one side of the waste rock falling. Furthermore, thechute in the feeding unit can also be a flat plate chute, and the chuteis provided with a transverse bar shaped bulge. In addition, the sortingmechanism of the sorting unit can also be one or several combinations ofa pneumatic kicking board, an electromagnetic kick board, or a jetblowing nozzle, which can be used to change the path of ore falling toseparate waste rock and useful minerals.

In summary, the technology of the invention makes the ore from thefeeding unit distributing material, and makes ore to be selected releasethe characteristic spectrum of the ore element which is stimulated by aX ray excitation source, and then the data is passed to the calculationand analysis control unit after the characteristic spectrum receivingunit receives characteristic spectrum of the ore to be measured and theinternal data processor performs preliminary processing of the data, andthe calculation and analysis control unit calculates the action signal.The sorting mechanism of sorting unit receives the action signal andthen performs the sorting operation, separating the waste rock and theore with high content of the useful elements into two falling paths. Thewaste rock and the ore with high content of useful elements fall apartand fall into the waste rock receiving tank and the concentratereceiving tank respectively to achieve the purpose of sorting.

The invention is illustrated in conjunction with the drawings below, a Xray ore preselected machine is provided that uses X ray fluorescence toidentify useful components and their contents in the present inventionwhich mainly includes the feeding unit 1 with feeding speed adjustableand feed particle size grading, the characteristic spectrum receivingunit 4 which can convert characteristic spectral signals into electricalsignals, the sorting unit 3 using a cylinder 10 push the wear-resistantkick plate 9, and the computer analysis control unit 6 which can analyzerapidly the signal provided by the characteristic spectrum receivingunit 4 and make a quick response according to the user's settingthreshold.

Wherein, the feeding unit 1 is composed of a feed box 13, a vibratingmotor 14, a vibrating platform 17, a tooth classifier 16, a finematerial passage 12, a fine material groove 15, a chute motor 18 and achute 11, which is used to provide a stable feeding state of equipment.The feed box 13 is positioned at the top of the feeding unit 1 and isthe feed port of the sorting machine, the vibrating motor 14 ispositioned at the rear side of the feed box 13 to adjust feed rate, thevibrating platform 17 is connected with the outlet of the feed box 13and is used to distribute material for the sorting machine. The toothclassifier 16 is connected with the end of the vibration platform 17,the lower part of the tooth classifier 16 is a fine material passage 12and the bottom of the channel is a fine groove 15, the tooth classifier16 is a cylindrical rod side-by-side and the end of the cylindrical rodis shaped into a taped cone, the chute 11 is along the direction offeeding and the side of the taped cone, even numbers chute motors 18 areinstalled on both sides of the center of the chute 11 to adjust thefeeding speed of the chute 11. The feeding bin 13 is a trapezoidalbucket which is of big top and small bottom, and a counterweight door isinstalled at one side of the lower part, and the counterweight isregulated by a thread.

The tooth shape classifier 16 is mainly composed of a toothed columnrod, wherein the cylinder connected with the vibrating platform 17 iscylindrical, and the end is conic. The conical end is at the outlet endof the discharge direction. According to the particle size of theequipment sorting materials, 4-50 tooth classifier 16 are arranged sideby side at the exit of the vibrating platform 17 and arranged in thedirection of the discharge. The utility model has the function ofsieving the ore particles. The fine material is discharged through thefine material passage 12 and the fine material trough 7, both of whichare arranged at the bottom of the toothed classifier 16 and have thefunction of recovering fine materials. The chute motor 18 and the chute11 are positioned under the slope of the tooth classifier 16, and theutility model has the function of evenly distributing the ore in aplurality of sorting channels and regulating the speed of theclassification ore feeding. The chute 11 is positioned at one end of thecone of the tooth classifier 16, and the chute 11 is symmetricallyarranged with an even number of chute motors 18, and the chute is of a Ushape, and a projection can be arranged according to the distributedmaterial condition.

The characteristic spectral reception unit 4, the X ray excitation unit5, and the computer analysis control unit 6 (excluding the centralcontrol unit) are packaged together by the same cabinet. The materialcan be shielded X ray radiation. Package box 2 between the chute 11 justbelow the vertical distance A size 50 mm-230 mm, horizontal distance Bsize is between 0 mm-50 mm, the package box 2 and the horizontal planeclockwise angle is 0-60 degrees, X ray stimulating unit 5 and thehorizontal plane clockwise angle, θ angle is 0-22 degrees. The centerhorizontal distance of wear-resisting boot plate 9 of the sorting unit 3from the concentrate and tailings separating mechanism C is 300 mm-1000mm, the vertical distance is D, and the dimension is 500 mm-1200 mm.

Further, the characteristic spectral reception unit 4 may discriminatethe ore by means of X ray fluorescence and X ray diffraction, and thetwo types of discrimination correspond to the characteristic rayreceiving units, which are different embodiments. X ray fluorescencespectrum by the receiving unit 4 is composed by receiving sensor 20 andfilter 19, it locates in the chute 11 below, has received thecharacteristic spectrum, and the spectral signals were converted todigital signal processing computer recognition, and Filter 19 is betweenthe ore and the characteristic light ray receiving sensor 20.

X-ray unit 5 includes X ray tube 22, filter 21, high voltage powersupply. Filter 21 is between ore and X ray tube 22, located in thespectral receiving unit 4 is used to characteristics of X-ray oreelements. The X ray excitation source 5 can be a point light source,which sends a circular irradiation region to the material, and atransverse linear irradiation region can also be sent out. The circularirradiation region is aligned with a channel and can be irradiatedindividually for an ore. The linear irradiation section allowstransverse irradiation of all material falling from the ordinaryvibratory feeder.

Sorting mechanism for sorting unit 3 can be pneumatic electromagnetickick plate. One or several plates or high pressure gas nozzle, which canbe used to change the path to separate the waste rock and ore are usefulmineral role. The pneumatic kick plate sorting mechanism is composed ofcylinder 10 and wear-resistant kick plate 9, which is arranged below theX ray exciting unit 5 and has an executing mechanism for performingsorting commands in real time. The electromagnetic kick plate sortingmechanism is composed of an electromagnetic push rod and awear-resistant kick plate 9, the position and the function are the sameas the pneumatic kick plate. The high pressure gas nozzle sortingmechanism is composed of a high pressure nozzle and a controlelectromagnetic valve. The position and the function are the same asthat of the pneumatic kick plate. The wear-resisting kick plate 9 of thesorting unit 3 is arranged on the supporting rod extended out of thecylinder 10, and the wear-resistant kick plate 9 is made ofwear-resistant material or is provided with wear-resistant material inthe wear-resistant kicking plate 9 to increase the abrasion resistance.

The computer analysis control unit 6 is composed of an industrialcontrol computer 24, a spectrum acquisition system 23 and an instructionoutput system 25 and is packaged in a box with a X ray excitation unit5. An insulating spring is arranged between the package box 2 and theframe body to achieve buffer vibration and insulation with the framebody, and another central control machine 26 is placed in the centralcontrol room, which is used to set the sorting parameters and monitorthe running state of the sorting machine in real time. Each centralcontrol machine 26 can be connected with a plurality of industrialcontrol computers at the same time and can be connected by a cable orwireless connection. The central control machine 26 is placed outsidethe device and connected with the industrial control computer 24 in thedevice through the network cable, transmitting signals or transmittingsignals through a wireless connection. A central control machine 26 canbe connected with a plurality of industrial computer 24 at the sametime.

The sorting method using the said intelligent ore sorting equipmentbased on the X ray identification is as follows:

Step 1, the operator set the corresponding sorting parameters on thebasis of the local environmental characteristics, the elementsdistribution characteristics of an ore to be sorted in the centralcontrol unit 26 in a central control room 26, and the parameters aretransmitted to the industrial computer 24 by wire or wireless;

Step 2, after the industrial computer 24 receives the sorting parameterset by the central control unit 26, the X ray excitation unit 5 and thecharacteristic spectrum receiving unit 4 and the feeding unit 1 areopened, and the sorting equipment begin to work;

Step 3, when the ore to be sorted and supplied through the feeding unit1 falls into the radiation range of the X ray excitation unit 5, the oreis excited by the X ray excitation unit 5 to produce a characteristicspectrum;

Step 4, a characteristic spectral receiving unit 4 receives acharacteristic spectra generated by the ore and inputs thecharacteristic spectrum to the spectral acquisition system 23;

Step 5, the characteristic spectrum is transmitted to the industrialcomputer 24 after being processed by the spectral acquisition system 23again, and the industrial computer 24 compares the spectral signals withthe sorting parameters transmitted by the central control unit 26 inStep 1, and finally obtains the sorting instructions, and the sortinginstruction is output to the sorting unit 3 through the instructionoutput system 2;

Step 6, the sorting unit 3 executes the sorting instruction afterreceiving the sorting instruction, and finally completes one sorting;

Step 7, cycling Step 3 to Step 6.

Furthermore, the equipment disclosed by the invention can be combined,that is, according to the process parameters or performance requirementsused in the field, the sets of equipment used in series, the first setsof equipment as a pre-roughing, the second sets of equipment in serieswith the first set of equipment for roughing, and third sets ofequipment for fine sorting and so on, and then form a complete set ofsorting equipment string.

The invention has the advantages of reasonable and novel structure, highsafety, energy saving and beautiful appearance, while ensuring the goodseparation index. The above is only preferred specific embodiments ofthe invention; however, the scope of protection of the invention is notlimited to this. Any modification or substitution that is easy toconceive by a person skilled in the art within the technical scopedisclosed in the invention should be included in the scope of protectionof the invention. It should be understood by an ordinary person in theart that any variety of modification could be made in format and detailwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention defined bythe appended claims.

1. An ore intelligence sorting apparatus based on X-rays discernmentcomprises: a feeding unit with a toothed classifier, and an X rayexcitation unit with a filter and a characteristic spectral receivingunit with a filter used in receiving a characteristic X ray spectrafluorescence generated by the ore, and a computer analysis and controlunit with a central control unit, a spectral acquisition system, anindustrial computer and an instruction output system, and a separatorunit with a cylinder and wear-resistant kick plate; wherein the feedingunit is fed by a vibrating feeder, and materials is graded by means of atoothed classifier, and wherein the measured ore is stimulated by the Xray excitation unit to produce a characteristic x ray spectra, andwherein the characteristic spectrum receiving unit receivescharacteristic x ray spectrum which is then analyzed by the computeranalysis and control unit, and a sorting instructions is output based onthe analysis results to use for sorting magnetic or non-magnetic ores ina concentrator, wherein a wear-resistant kick plate of the sorting unitis arranged on a supporting rod extending out of the cylinder and thewear-resistant kicking plate is comprised of wear-resistant material orthe wear-resistant kicking plate is provided with wear-resistantmaterial to increase the abrasion resistance; wherein the characteristicspectrum receiving unit is comprised of a characteristic spectrumreceiving sensor and a filter, and the filter is between the ore and thecharacteristic spectrum receiving sensor.
 2. The ore intelligencesorting apparatus based on X-rays discernment of claim 1, wherein thefeeding unit is comprised of a feed box, a vibrating motor, a vibratingplatform, a fine material passage, a fine material groove, a chute motorand a chute; wherein the tooth of the toothed classifier is cylindricaland the end of tooth is processed into a cone, and the toothedclassifier are disposed at the outlet of the vibrating platform anddisposed side by side in the direction of discharging material; the coneend of the tooth of the toothed classifier is positioned at the outletend in the direction of discharging material.
 3. The ore intelligencesorting apparatus based on X-rays discernment of claim 2, wherein thechute is located at the cone end of the tooth of the toothed classifier,and an even number chute motor is symmetrically arranged with a chute asthe center; and the chute is of U shape, and the distributed materialgroove can be arranged as needed on the groove surface in the U grooveof the chute.
 4. The ore intelligence sorting apparatus based on X-raysdiscernment of claim 1, wherein the computer analysis control unit, theX ray excitation unit and the characteristic spectrum receiving unit areencapsulated in the package case; and wherein the package case iscomprised of material that can shield X rays.
 5. The ore intelligencesorting apparatus based on X-rays discernment of claim 4, wherein thepackage case is arranged directly below at the front of the chute andthe vertical distance is between 50 mm-230 mm; wherein the horizontaldistance from the front edge of the packing case to the exit of thechute is 0 mm-100 mm; and wherein the clockwise angle of the packagecase and the horizontal plane is 0-60°.
 6. The ore intelligence sortingapparatus based on X-rays discernment of claim 1, wherein the centralcontrol unit is placed outside the device to transmit signals with theindustrial computer in the device via a cable or a wireless connection;and wherein one central control unit connects with a plurality ofindustrial control computers simultaneously.
 7. (canceled)
 8. The oreintelligence sorting apparatus based on X-rays discernment of claim 1,wherein the X ray excitation unit comprises a X ray tube, a filter, ahigh-voltage power supply and a constant temperature and humiditydevice; wherein the X ray emitted by the X ray excitation unit can be apoint light source to send a circular irradiation region to the materialor send a transverse linear irradiation region; and wherein the filterin the X ray excitation unit is positioned between the ore to bemeasured and the X ray tube.
 9. (canceled)
 10. A sorting method forusing the ore intelligent sorting equipment based on X rayidentification claimed in claim 1, comprising the following steps: Step1, the operator set the corresponding sorting parameters on the basis ofthe local environmental characteristics, the elements distributioncharacteristics of an ore to be sorted in the central control unit in acentral control room, and the parameters are transmitted to theindustrial computer by wire or wireless; Step 2, after the industrialcomputer receives the sorting parameter set by the central control unit,the X ray excitation unit and the characteristic spectrum receiving unitand the feeding unit are opened, and the sorting equipment begin towork; Step 3, when the ore to be sorted and supplied through the feedingunit falls into the radiation range of the X ray excitation unit, theore is excited by the X ray excitation unit to produce a characteristicspectrum; Step 4, a characteristic spectral receiving unit receives acharacteristic spectra generated by the ore and inputs thecharacteristic spectrum to the spectral acquisition system; Step 5, thecharacteristic spectrum is transmitted to the industrial computer afterbeing processed by the spectral acquisition system again, and theindustrial computer compares the spectral signals with the sortingparameters transmitted by the central control unit in Step 1, andfinally obtains the sorting instructions, and the sorting instruction isoutput to the sorting unit through the instruction output system; Step6, the sorting unit executes the sorting instruction after receiving thesorting instruction, and finally completes one sorting; Step 7, cyclingStep 3 to Step 6.